Terry Houin

around and before anybody even knew what that was it is there a point where your wife and or your kids like turn around wait hold on dad does that well it just kind of grew they grew up like that so my wife she's from that well it's not from the community but we started dating when i was a team four so she's just been around seals in that community and other girlfriends why so she just understood what was going on and when 9-11 kicked off

was a whole different world like we didn't have kids at that point so it's like hey i'm going here i don't know when i'm coming back and she just got in that cycle like hey every nine months terry's taking off and then then we had our first kid and i would come home and i would try to be the best that i could when i'm home and then i'm gone for 200 days a year or whatever it's going to be from training and deployments and everything else it's super strong lady and super awesome and i'm lucky to have her i mean we had struggles like everybody else does but yeah

was a whole different world like we didn't have kids at that point so it's like hey i'm going here i don't know when i'm coming back and she just got in that cycle like hey every nine months terry's taking off and then then we had our first kid and i would come home and i would try to be the best that i could when i'm home and then i'm gone for 200 days a year or whatever it's going to be from training and deployments and everything else it's super strong lady and super awesome and i'm lucky to have her i mean we had struggles like everybody else does but yeah

was a whole different world like we didn't have kids at that point so it's like hey i'm going here i don't know when i'm coming back and she just got in that cycle like hey every nine months terry's taking off and then then we had our first kid and i would come home and i would try to be the best that i could when i'm home and then i'm gone for 200 days a year or whatever it's going to be from training and deployments and everything else it's super strong lady and super awesome and i'm lucky to have her i mean we had struggles like everybody else does but yeah

I think I was lucky because I was gone so much that by the time she got tired of my bullshit, I would leave for a while. Then she said, okay, come back home. And I come home, I piss her off again. I'm like, Oh, I'm gone again. But you being home is her deployment. Yeah, exactly. Yeah. Yeah. I know where I was going with that, but yeah. So it's, it's,

I think I was lucky because I was gone so much that by the time she got tired of my bullshit, I would leave for a while. Then she said, okay, come back home. And I come home, I piss her off again. I'm like, Oh, I'm gone again. But you being home is her deployment. Yeah, exactly. Yeah. Yeah. I know where I was going with that, but yeah. So it's, it's,

I think I was lucky because I was gone so much that by the time she got tired of my bullshit, I would leave for a while. Then she said, okay, come back home. And I come home, I piss her off again. I'm like, Oh, I'm gone again. But you being home is her deployment. Yeah, exactly. Yeah. Yeah. I know where I was going with that, but yeah. So it's, it's,

I don't know where that question was, but yeah.

I don't know where that question was, but yeah.

I don't know where that question was, but yeah.

It's funny because my girls are never impressed. They're like, dad's dad. She knew what I did and my friends. Those poor boyfriends. I was about to say. They go to school and they're like, we just don't talk about what dad does. And it was funny because my daughter, she was probably third grade or whatever. My wife tells the story. She was at school doing something.

It's funny because my girls are never impressed. They're like, dad's dad. She knew what I did and my friends. Those poor boyfriends. I was about to say. They go to school and they're like, we just don't talk about what dad does. And it was funny because my daughter, she was probably third grade or whatever. My wife tells the story. She was at school doing something.

It's funny because my girls are never impressed. They're like, dad's dad. She knew what I did and my friends. Those poor boyfriends. I was about to say. They go to school and they're like, we just don't talk about what dad does. And it was funny because my daughter, she was probably third grade or whatever. My wife tells the story. She was at school doing something.

And it's like, okay, what's your dad do? It's like, well, we... we don't talk about that. And teachers are automatically like, Oh, dad's an asshole. We probably beat the wife and her divorce or whatever. Like, then she's like, okay, how? And then eventually my daughter's like, dad's in Iraq, killing bad guys or whatever it was. And teachers like, Oh, okay. We're just not going to ask.

And it's like, okay, what's your dad do? It's like, well, we... we don't talk about that. And teachers are automatically like, Oh, dad's an asshole. We probably beat the wife and her divorce or whatever. Like, then she's like, okay, how? And then eventually my daughter's like, dad's in Iraq, killing bad guys or whatever it was. And teachers like, Oh, okay. We're just not going to ask.

And it's like, okay, what's your dad do? It's like, well, we... we don't talk about that. And teachers are automatically like, Oh, dad's an asshole. We probably beat the wife and her divorce or whatever. Like, then she's like, okay, how? And then eventually my daughter's like, dad's in Iraq, killing bad guys or whatever it was. And teachers like, Oh, okay. We're just not going to ask.

It's funny because we just don't talk about where dad goes or when he's, when he's gone.

It's funny because we just don't talk about where dad goes or when he's, when he's gone.

It's funny because we just don't talk about where dad goes or when he's, when he's gone.

The only one was different. Our first IRAC deployment was so 03, you know, everything kicks off. We four deploy our green brothers over there. They're doing a different mission and we're doing the WMD stuff. That was probably the only deployment for like 60 to 90 days to where we didn't call home. The command people would keep them involved like, hey, the guys are deployed. Everybody's fine.